Are You Sanatorium Or Heavy Metal? Fun Quiz

1. "If you were Satan, who would you attack in this day and age? There is no one else to go after other than the United States and that has been the case now for almost two hundred years..."

Santorum talkin' Satan in 2008.

Megadeth frontman dishin' on the Devil in 1992.

That'd be Rick Santorum addressing a crowd of students at Ave Maria University in Florida in 2008. In the speech, he tells of how badly America has become embroiled in a "spiritual war," and of how "successful" Satan has been at "attacking the great institutions of America, using those great vices of pride, vanity, and sensuality..."

Explanation

That'd be Rick Santorum addressing a crowd of students at Ave Maria University in Florida in 2008. In the speech, he tells of how badly America has become embroiled in a "spiritual war," and of how "successful" Satan has been at "attacking the great institutions of America, using those great vices of pride, vanity, and sensuality..."

2. "We were put on this Earth as creatures of God to have dominion over the Earth."

Santorum during a 2012 campaign stop in Aspen.

Mustaine growling on the 2009 song "This Day We Fight!"

That was Rick Santorum giving a speech to the Colorado School of Mines during the Colorado Energy Summit in February 2012. He also noted that people "should not let the vagaries of nature destroy what we have helped create," as he reaffirmed his climate denialism to a gathering of jubilant Colorado Republicans.

Explanation

That was Rick Santorum giving a speech to the Colorado School of Mines during the Colorado Energy Summit in February 2012. He also noted that people "should not let the vagaries of nature destroy what we have helped create," as he reaffirmed his climate denialism to a gathering of jubilant Colorado Republicans.

3. "Decadence and debauchery killed your memories. You're a liar."

Sen. Rick Santorum yelling at hostile pro-choice activists during a stop in Lancaster, PA in 2003.

Dave Mustaine singing on the 1988 album "So Far, So Good...So What!"

Those were two lines from the Megadeth song "Liar," lyrics by Dave Mustaine. More sample lyrics, also of an uncannily Santorum-y nature: "From altar boy to sewer rat, you don't give a damn ... / Your brother's a gay singer in a stud leather band / Your girlfriend's got herpes to go with her Hep and AIDS."

Explanation

Those were two lines from the Megadeth song "Liar," lyrics by Dave Mustaine. More sample lyrics, also of an uncannily Santorum-y nature: "From altar boy to sewer rat, you don't give a damn ... / Your brother's a gay singer in a stud leather band / Your girlfriend's got herpes to go with her Hep and AIDS."

4. Was caught on tape saying that "the last thing I need is a bunch of homos picketing us," after being asked to comment on the homosexuality of a rival.

Santorum campaign during an election year.

Megadeth during a magazine interview.

This was Mustaine during an interview with Sounds magazine in May 1988. He was asked to comment on the homosexuality of Rob Halford, lead singer of English heavy metal outfit Judas Priest.

Explanation

This was Mustaine during an interview with Sounds magazine in May 1988. He was asked to comment on the homosexuality of Rob Halford, lead singer of English heavy metal outfit Judas Priest.

5. When asked about Occupy Wall Street, he took the question as a cue to slam Barack Obama as "the most divisive president we've ever had." He went on to say that "I've never, in my 50 years of being alive, listened to an American president try and turn one class of people against another class of people."

Rick Santorum, on the Ottumwa radio station KUNZ in 2011.

Dave Mustaine, on an Aussie radio program in 2011.

Yep, that was Dave Mustaine, being interviewed on Triple J's "The Racket," which airs on Australian radio. Click here for the audio.

Explanation

Yep, that was Dave Mustaine, being interviewed on Triple J's "The Racket," which airs on Australian radio. Click here for the audio.

6. "If you attack the king you had better kill the king otherwise you will be in big trouble!"

Santorum at a town hall meeting.

Megadeth lyric from the bridge of the 1990 single "Holy Wars...The Punishment Due."

That was Rick Santorum possibly misquoting The Wire during a town hall appearance in Anamosa, Iowa back in mid-November 2011. Santorum was talking about how much of a wimp Obama was being regarding a potential Israeli strike on Iranian nuclear installations.

Explanation

That was Rick Santorum possibly misquoting The Wire during a town hall appearance in Anamosa, Iowa back in mid-November 2011. Santorum was talking about how much of a wimp Obama was being regarding a potential Israeli strike on Iranian nuclear installations.

7. "Shutter faith...push it out...oppress people...weaken them...the guillotine."

Rick Santorum at a campaign event in Texas.

From the chorus of the 2010 Megadeth song "Sudden Death."

This is taken from a speech in Plano, Texas in February 2012, in which Santorum railed against President Obama's "overt hostility" towards the Christian faith.

Explanation

This is taken from a speech in Plano, Texas in February 2012, in which Santorum railed against President Obama's "overt hostility" towards the Christian faith.

8. "As the hobbits are going up Mount Doom, the eye of Mordor is being drawn somewhere else."

Santorum, referencing Tolkien in Pennsylvania in 2006.

Mustaine, throwing down some Tolkien on the liner notes of "Endgame."

While Endgame does contain references to the Lord of the Rings trilogy, this quote is from Santorum's 2006 interview with the editorial board of the Bucks County Courier Times. The Pennsylvania senator was making a LOTR-Iraq War analogy in the vein of "fight them there so we don't have to fight them here."

Explanation

While Endgame does contain references to the Lord of the Rings trilogy, this quote is from Santorum's 2006 interview with the editorial board of the Bucks County Courier Times. The Pennsylvania senator was making a LOTR-Iraq War analogy in the vein of "fight them there so we don't have to fight them here."

9. "I think there's enough evidence that shows there is some effort being made toward controlling religion…It's pretty clear that they're taking prayer out of school. It's been happening for a very long time. The very first schoolbook that was written had God all over it...They're taking God out of the schools to dumb [the American people] down."

That's gotta be Santorum!

Definitely Mustaine!

Yep, that was Dave Mustaine, speaking to MTV in late December 2011. In the same interview, he also lavished praise on Colin Powell and—once again—opened up about casting hexes in his teen years.

Explanation

Yep, that was Dave Mustaine, speaking to MTV in late December 2011. In the same interview, he also lavished praise on Colin Powell and—once again—opened up about casting hexes in his teen years.

10. "The greatest lie [the Devil] ever told was convincing people he doesn't exist...[The Devil] is very beautiful; he's an Angel. Why would he look like some monster. He's capable of looking just like you. He could be in this room right now. We wouldn't know it."

Santorum, ABC News interview in Summer 2006.

Mustaine, ABC News interview in Summer 2011.

This was Dave Mustaine on "Nightline" in July 2011 talking about blood pacts, heavy metal, and his history of putting hexes on people (including a hot high-school girl he wanted to sleep with).

Explanation

This was Dave Mustaine on "Nightline" in July 2011 talking about blood pacts, heavy metal, and his history of putting hexes on people (including a hot high-school girl he wanted to sleep with).

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